HOBART (AUSTRALIA) - "Embarrassed" skipper Steve Smith said Australia needed a shake-up but backed under-fire coach Darren Lehmann after the hosts slumped to a humiliating series defeat to South Africa on Tuesday. Too many times we have lost wickets in clumps, 8/32 today, 10/85 in the first innings," Smith said. We are not being resilient, we are not willing to tough it out and get through tough periods... it is not good enough." "It's tough and the South African bowlers, when there is something in the wicket, Philander, Abbott and Rabada, they are world class," he said. "They hit the top of off-stump and got the ball seaming both ways and they don't give you any freebies.

Source: Bangkok Post November 15, 2016 05:48 UTC